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Clinohedrite from
Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Clinohedrite
Formula:CaZn(SiO4) · H2O
Comments:Occurs on fracture surfaces.
Habit:Needle-like prismatic; arranged in sprays
Colour:Pale lavender
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinohedrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58123:1
GUID (UUID V4):fa3269a8-ec0f-4e4d-ab75-6fdb98e9636d
References
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Report (issue)
CaZnSiO4 ² H2 O Clinohedrite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...422 X-ray Powder Pattern: Franklin, New Jersey, USA. (ICDD 17-214). 2.76 (100), 3.23 (70), 2.50 (60)...99.68 100.00 37.76 (1) Franklin, New Jersey, USA; average of two analyses. (2) Do. (3) CaZnSiO4 ²...metamorphosed stratiform zinc orebody (Franklin, New Jersey, USA). Association: Hancockite, nasonite, glaucochroite...Jersey, USA); stringhamite, kinoite, apophyllite (Christmas mine, Arizona, USA). Distribution: Arizona, USA
Report (issue)
» 90± Z = [4] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 13.4 (100), 7.786 (50), 4.790 (40), 3...Total 98.9 100.00 44.97 14.26 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two closely agreeing analyses...cracks or interstices in diopside grains (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Kinoite, apachite, stringhamite...junitoite, clinohedrite, xonotlite, diopside, apophyllite, calcite, tobermorite (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Distribution:...Distribution: From the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., and the Lonestar [ckname??] deposit, near Sa®ord
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, Arizona F. P. CESBRON Laboratoire de Minrralogie-Cristallographie...France AND S. A. WILLIAMS BOX 872, Douglas, Arizona 856o7, USA SUMMARY. Both new species are retrograde...that occur in tactites at the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona (USA). Gilalite is green, H = 2, D...Cu95iloO29" IIH20. Occurrence. The Christmas mine in Gila County, Arizona, is a porphyry copper deposit producing...including kinoite, stringhamite, junitoite, and clinohedrite. These species are clearly not oxidation products
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Report (issue)
90:42± Z = [2] X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 12.89 (100), 3.168 (70), 7.663 (50), 10...Total 102.0 100.00 47.26 13.08 (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; average of two analyses; after recalculation...Kinoite, gilalite, stringhamite, junitoite, clinohedrite, xonotlite, apophyllite, calcite, tobermorite...Distribution: Name: In the Christmas copper mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. For the Apache Indians who...region in Arizona, USA, where it occurs. Type Material: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA ABSTRACT.Junitoite, C a Z n 2 S i 2 0 7 - H 2 0...(1976) in material from the Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona. The Christmas Mine is a porphyry copper deposit... The junitoite used in this study was from Christmas Mine material provided by Dr Williams. The sample...zinc silicates hardystonite Ca2ZnSi20 7 and clinohedrite CaZnSiO4'H2 O. Both junitoite and hemimorphite...octahedral coordination and the water molecule. Clinohedrite also contains ZnO 3 tetrahedral chains. These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acid, will destroy the crystals. Kinoite from Arizona is related to late-stage retrograde hydrothermal...junitoite, clinohedrite, and xonotlite (Cesbron and Williams 1980). Samples from both the Laurium mine and the...the Christmas mine were analyzed using electron microprobe analysis. They are nearly identical in composition...composition and show only minor substitutions. Christmas mine kinoite contains slightly elevated FeO (0.288–0...CALUMET, MICHIGAN, AND THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS OF ARIZONA. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2, W. B. Simmons2
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Journal (issue)
Morphologies of Graphite From the Trotter Dump • ‟Christmas Tree Ore” Explained www.FOMSNJ.org The contents.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Christmas Trees and Polka Dots, Mark Boyer. . . . . . .... A thick crust of bright orange-fluorescent clinohedrite coating a fracture surface in massive hardystonite...Morphologies oF graphite FroM the trotter duMp • "christMas tree ore" explained The views and opinions expressed...Lecture: A Miner’s Experiences at Sterling Hill: Mining and Collecting, by Don Phister. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District, arsenopyrite, alloclase, glaucodot, cobaltian...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the fluorescent minerals. At no other mine or min­ ing district will so many different fluorescent mineral...calcite, willemite, hardystonite, esperite, and clinohedrite, fluorescing red, green, purple, yellow, and...235 extensive region in the northern part of the mine. In the northern part, there existed also an extended...supply of common and rare minerals to collectors. Mine superintendents devel­ oped a fine eye for the rare...Minerals of Franklin Franklin is found in Sussex County in the northwestern part of New Jersey. Sterling
Report (issue)
rocks. Association: apophyllite. Tobermorite, clinohedrite, wollastonite, diopside, thaumasite, laumontite...localities. At Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico. In the USA, at Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia; from Franklin...Crestmore, Riverside Co., California; and at Christmas, Gila Co., Arizona. In Canada, at Point Shivery, Bay of...Prefecture; Kaisuka, Chiba Prefecture; and in the Mihara mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. From the Wessels and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2017 Last fail a group of Elkhart (Ind.) County residents, because of their common interest in...collection, knowledge and identifica- month at the County Center, White Plains, tion of rocks, minerals and...the Rocks and Minerals Association. eering and Mining Journal", who spoke on On November 8th, we held...on January 28, 1957 at 8 p.m. Because of the Christmas holiday, the meeting scheduled for December 24...the December meeting when we had our customary Christmas party with appropriate games including a prize
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
below, 184 members were soon busily engaged in mining activities. Swarthmore, Pa., October 10th, 1954...Mass.; Asbestos and Williamsite at the Belvedere Mine, Eden Mills, Vt. ; and reported a friendly reception...Chlorophane collected at the Trumbull, Conn., Tungsten mine. It really worked well, producing a lovely green...obtained Indian arrow head rhyolite. At the Harvard mine, purple Apatite xls., and at the Lovejoy Pits, Pollucite...Pollucite. Victor Pribil started out for Arizona on a scenery binge in September but the call of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surveys have indicated the following: U.S. lead mining is severely depressed. AMAX/Homestake shut down...galena mine at Boss, Missouri. Lead prices are generally about $.44/ kilogram. Similarly, iron mining is...Minorca mine in Minnesota's Mesabi range had an early shutdown before the winter season. Erie mining and...and Reserve mining both reduced their production and seasonally shut down by Christmas, as well. Gold Fields...Fields mining announced the discovery of the new Chimney Creek gold deposit in Humboldt County, Nevada
Catalog/List
Southwest Scientific Company P. 0. Box 796 - Sedona, Arizona 86336 Telephone (602) 282-7541 SOUTHWEST SCIENTIFIC...limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world's Spinel. from stocks o f permit 20 mine, (opal, Mexico. STRICTLY WHOLESALE chon from...24 Euston St., Brookline 46, Mass. GET THAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT NOW - Santa has a nice selection of Warsaw...MINERALS - Boxed, mount ed, and identified, postpaid USA, $2.00. Specimens average approx. 1 " . Irma Curry...chunks only, from one lb. and up, right out of the mine. Postage or freight extra. John B. Guillemin, Box...pink and green Tourmaline in matrix from Oxford County, Maine—50t to $10.00. We can better serve you if
Journal (issue)
lapidary society ·- Return to India. Part 2 USA/Canada Field Trip. Franklin and Sterling Hill Sussex...Lonavala in the west of the Pune District and near Alibag in Raigad District. Come the day we visited 5 new...3 million people (and growing) situated in the District of Pune - some 200 kms from east to west and 160...complex (Sawda) producing mineral specimens in this District. However, to label specimens as simply as being...MAHARASHTRA District e.g. Pune Collecting Sites KARNATAKA 1. Sawda Quarry Jalgaon District 2. Tisgaon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E S , J R . 3520 Rose Circle Drive Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Historical photographs provided by David...colors, calcite, willemite, hardystonite, and clinohedrite competing for your attention. Willemite will...sunlight. Franklin and Ogdensburg (Sterling Hill mine) are neighboring towns nestled in the rolling hills...seeking fluores­ cent riches cast aside by earlier mining! Night collecting is a common sight here. Collectors...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling H i l l , Sussex County, New Jersey. According to Prof. Clifford Frondel
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped..., I NC. 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961, 1962 Scott Williams Mineral...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful
Journal (issue)
, NO . 10 - DECEMBER , 1898 . CONTENTS AN OLD MINING REGION , MR . HOPPING ' s New CATALOGUE , EDWARD...color . Remarkably showy . 250 , to $ 1 . 00 . Clinohedrite . Rare Il Crystallized $ 2 . 00 to $ 6 . 00...1898. No. 10. t\ir I'lie Mineral Collector. AN OLD MINING REGION. By W. S. Valiant. A long time ago, shortly...east side of the ancient isthmus — now Rensselaer County, N. Y. — is another large deposit of the same material...riud this formation again until we reach Ulster County, where it has bi^en carried up by the elevation
Journal (issue)
Saturday and Sunday: Events at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum. For more information, please call: (973)...pm MINERAL OF THE MONTH – CLINOHEDRITE Bring your specimens of clinohedrite for show-and-tell, and a discussion...on Saturday at the GeoTech Center, Sterling Hill Mining Museum. Tickets may be obtained at the FOMS show...Collecting: Sterling Hill Mining Museum. Collecting permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill Quarry...Franklin Mineral Museum, and the Sterling Hill Mining Museum for this information. 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Book
formed as possible. Robert W. Jones, Jr. Phoenix, Arizona 1970 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. CHAPTER I Introduction...Guide The Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines and Mining Methods The Millson Study.................. i:*...Wollastonite, barite, calcite and willemite Clinohedrite and willemite........................ Pectolite............................ 66 5 Sterling Hill Mine . . . .................. 67 6 Fibrous Forms of...of Willemite.......... 70 7 Kiwanis Club Mine Replica Bldg. 71 8 Buckwheat Pit in Operation...
 
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